Question 1: Under each of the six categories, shelter, health, water, education, energy and transport, choose one project which interests you. For each category, describe how it is designed to alleviate poverty for the project's stakeholders. (6 categories x 1 paragraph = 6 paragraphs)
Answer: Shelter: ZeroFly
ZeroFly is a dual need for shelter and protection from vector-borne disease. It is a long-lasting insecticide-incorporated plastic sheeting which is made use during refugee camp construction reducing malaria mortality. http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/zerofly.htm
Health: Solar Aid
Solar Aid helps to fight threats facing humanity today; climate change and global poverty. It brings clean, renewable power to the poorest people. Two billion people currently have no access to electricity and rely on burning fuels which is toxic, as well as expensive. According to Solar Aid, “Having solar power improves people's health, income and education [because] solar power can enable poor people to cook food, pump clean water, run fridges, light homes, schools and hospitals, farm more effectively, and much more. http://solar-aid.org/
Water: LifeStraw
LifeStraw is a portable water filter for prevention of disease. It purifies water and can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean drinking water. Half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne disease because of unsafe drinking water http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw.htm
Education: One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child is an organization that creates educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a connected laptop designed for learning. According to One Laptop per Child’s vision, “When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter futre.” http://laptop.org/en/index.shtml
Energy: StarSight The StarSight provides a secure environment. This system combines solar-powered street lighting and Internet access. It is designed for all states of economic and social development. http://www.starsightproject.com/
Transport: Worldbike
Worldbike designs and distributes low-cost bicycles for programs that increase economic opportunity, improve health outcomes and boost enrolment and gender equity in secondary school among the rural poor. The bikes are able to carry large loads, are affordable, and also maintained and repaired locally. Through partnership with international and local agencies, private companies, foundations and NGOs, Worldbike helps arrange microcredit financing for bike purchases and supplement sales with support from funders and private donors. http://worldbike.org/ Question 2: How does stakeholder analysis enable sustainable and socially responsible design? (1 paragraph)
Answer:
Stakeholder analysis enables sustainable and socially responsible design by understanding what is crucial to the product or service they are providing. It is important to consider the cost, the usage of the product, if it’s environmentally friendly, etc.
Question 3: List five characteristics of socially responsible product design. (List of 5 points)
Answer: Five characteristics of socially responsible product design are:
Design for the Other 90%
Question 1: Under each of the six categories, shelter, health, water, education, energy and transport, choose one project which interests you. For each category, describe how it is designed to alleviate poverty for the project's stakeholders. (6 categories x 1 paragraph = 6 paragraphs)
Answer:
Shelter: ZeroFly
ZeroFly is a dual need for shelter and protection from vector-borne disease. It is a long-lasting insecticide-incorporated plastic sheeting which is made use during refugee camp construction reducing malaria mortality.
http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/zerofly.htm
Health: Solar Aid
Solar Aid helps to fight threats facing humanity today; climate change and global poverty. It brings clean, renewable power to the poorest people. Two billion people currently have no access to electricity and rely on burning fuels which is toxic, as well as expensive. According to Solar Aid, “Having solar power improves people's health, income and education [because] solar power can enable poor people to cook food, pump clean water, run fridges, light homes, schools and hospitals, farm more effectively, and much more.
http://solar-aid.org/
Water: LifeStraw
LifeStraw is a portable water filter for prevention of disease. It purifies water and can be carried around for easy access to safe and clean drinking water. Half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne disease because of unsafe drinking water
http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/lifestraw.htm
Education: One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child is an organization that creates educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a connected laptop designed for learning. According to One Laptop per Child’s vision, “When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter futre.”
http://laptop.org/en/index.shtml
Energy: StarSight
The StarSight provides a secure environment. This system combines solar-powered street lighting and Internet access. It is designed for all states of economic and social development.
http://www.starsightproject.com/
Transport: Worldbike
Worldbike designs and distributes low-cost bicycles for programs that increase economic opportunity, improve health outcomes and boost enrolment and gender equity in secondary school among the rural poor. The bikes are able to carry large loads, are affordable, and also maintained and repaired locally. Through partnership with international and local agencies, private companies, foundations and NGOs, Worldbike helps arrange microcredit financing for bike purchases and supplement sales with support from funders and private donors.
http://worldbike.org/
Question 2: How does stakeholder analysis enable sustainable and socially responsible design? (1 paragraph)
Answer:
Stakeholder analysis enables sustainable and socially responsible design by understanding what is crucial to the product or service they are providing. It is important to consider the cost, the usage of the product, if it’s environmentally friendly, etc.
Question 3: List five characteristics of socially responsible product design. (List of 5 points)
Answer:
Five characteristics of socially responsible product design are: